thomprecision wrote:
I suspect that even if I were to successfully go through formal training, I wouldn't necessarily carry -- it is too much of a responsibility for me to have on a daily basis, especially when I don't have enough compelling reasons to do so.
Please take this in the right spirit, I am not trying to make an issue out of this, but maybe something to think about. You say that you do not have enough compelling reasons to do so, I assume you mean carry. So with that thought, I assume you do not have any compelling reasons to have fire extinguishers in your home because of it's structural design? Since you drive more safe roadways, no trucks that carry metal drive the roads you drive, there is no need what so ever to carry a jack and spare tire? How about during the Minnesota winter, no compelling reason to have a shovel and maybe some warm cloths and boots in the car, you only travel during the nice winter days in Minnesota. I guess I can throw out a few other compelling reasons why a person wouldn't carry necessary safety items, like life jackets in a boat because you only go boating during calm weather, so no compelling reason to carry life jackets, they take up room in a boat.
Just something to think about.